ALTER TYPE

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ALTER TYPE

Changes the definition of a data type.

Synopsis

ALTER TYPE name
OWNER TO new_owner | SET SCHEMA new_schema

Description

ALTER TYPE changes the definition of an existing type.
You can change the owner and the schema of a type.

You must own the type to use ALTER TYPE. To change
the schema of a type, you must also have CREATE privilege
on the new schema. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect
member of the new owning role, and that role must have CREATE
privilege on the type's schema. (These restrictions enforce that altering
the owner does not do anything that could be done by dropping and recreating
the type. However, a superuser can alter ownership of any type.)